Glittering history: medieval, renaissance and modern diamonds. Part I.
“It stays intact even in the hottest flame, it is the sunlight, that thickened on the Earth and was cooled by the time, it plays with all colours and at the same time stays limpid, as a water drop…†– this is what the ancient wrote about a diamond. The history of diamonds covers thousands of years, but today these gems still continue attracting people with their magic beauty.
The Greeks called it adamas or adamantos – “insurmountable†or “unconquerableâ€, the Romans – diamond, the Arabs – almas, “the hardestâ€, the Indians – fahri. Diamonds used by a man were first mentioned in Indian sources. It is supposed, that people started to use diamonds three thousand years ago. The Indians worshipped diamonds and believed, these gems possessed a lot of magic qualities, as, for example, an ability to cure illnesses, protect against evil spirits or enemies, foresee the future.
To measure the weight of diamonds we use carats, that are equal to 0.2g or 200mg. Diamonds with the weight of more than 15 carats are extremely rare, and those of hundreds of carats are a great precious. Some of such gems get their own names, world fame and a place in history.
Today the annual volume of diamonds, mined all over the world amounts to 130 million carats. Diamonds are mainly used in jewelry, but not all of them can be applied in this sphere. Only 15% of the stones are called absolutely jewelry, and 45% more are called semi-jewelry – that means, they yield to the absolutely jewelry stones in shape, colour or clearness.
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